Last summer, I went to Yunnan on vacation with my family. We1four days there.

    Our first stop was Lugu Lake. I wondered why there was so beautiful a lake in the world. I enjoyed2there. We went boating and took quite a few photos, Then we went up to a hill. On the top of the3 , we got to see something beautiful. I felt like l was in a painting. I thought l would4forget the beautiful scenery there

    The next morning we went to Lijiang by bus. It was a long5from Lugu Lake to Lijiang. We6in the afternoon. After a short break, we went to walk around the town and bought some gifts. Then we decided to try the famous Guoqiao Rice Noodles for dinner. They were very7and delicious. After dinner we took a walk and enjoyed the old streets and buildings8the moon. The summer evening was cool.

    Our9stop was the” spring city” Kunming, We visited Dianchi. watched the birds and went to the flower market. We had a really wonderful day.

    The four-day trip came to a(n) 10soon. We had to go home. Everything in Yunnan was great It is a very beautiful and interesting place. I'm sure you'll never regret going on a trip there.

    He was pleased to learn that Chibi knew all the places where the wild grapes and wild potatoes grew. He was amazed to 1 how much Chibi knew about all the flowers in our class garden. He liked Chibi's black and white drawings and put them up on the wall to be 2. He liked Chibi's own handwriting, which no one but Chibi could read, and he put that up on the wall.

    But, when Chibi appeared on the stage at the talent show of that year, no one could 3 his eyes. "Who is that? What can that stupid do up there?"

    Until Mr Isobe announced that Chibi was going to imitate(模仿) the voices of crows. "Voices? Voices of crows?"

    4he imitated the voices of newly hatched crows. And he made the mother crow's voice. He showed how crows cry early in the morning. He showed how crows cry when the village people have some unhappy accident. He showed how crows 5 when they are happy and cheerful. Everybody's mind was taken to the 6mountainside from which Chibi probably crone to school.

    Chibi made very special 7deep down in his throat(喉咙) to imitate a crow in an old tree in the end. Now everybody could imagine   8the far and lonely place where Chibi lived with his family.

    Then Mr Isobe explained 9 Chibi had learned those calls--leaving his home for school at sunrise, and arriving home at sunset, every day for six long years.

    Every one of us cried, thinking how much we had been 10 to Chibi all those long years. He was a boy beyond our usual imagination!

    In the Pacific Ocean lies Easter Island(复活节岛), a strange and magic place. The island 1 its English name from the Dutch explorer(荷兰探险者 ) Jacob Roggeveen. He arrived there on Easter in 1722. There, Roggeveen found a strange culture and even stranger huge 2called moat and they looked like men. Since that time, 3 all over the world have tried to find out how people came to the island and how they built such huge stones. But scientists still can't agree on 4the island's people came from. Did they 5 from Chile or Hawaii Island, very far from there? No one knows. So far, it is 6a mystery(谜). These huge stone men are also a mystery. Scientists think that the people 7 and moved the huge stone men there thousands of years ago. But how did they do it? And why did they do it? 8can really guess.

    As time went by, the people on the island died out slowly 9 fighting and illnesses. Thousands of people used to live on the island.10now, there only live several hundred. Luckily, they still have their traditional culture.

    It was the golden season. I could see the1leaves falling with the cool wind. For others it's the harvest season, but for me, it is a(n) 2season. I was 3 for the Postgraduate Entrance Examination（研究生入学考试）. But so many unhappy things made me so tired, so I decided to have a walk in my university.

    "Autumn is a lonely season and life is uninteresting. The days in this season always get me 4, "I thought when the beautiful sound of a guitar flowed into my ears. A young girl, sitting on the stone, was lost in her guitar playing. She was a beautiful girl, 5when the wind blew her long hair.

    Lost in the music, I didn't6that I had been standing for so long. Every day I would see her playing her guitar. She was the only7and I was the only audience. On the following days, life became8and I could review the courses carefully.

    Autumn was9over. When I was listening heartily（尽情地） one day, the sound suddenly stopped. To my surprise, the girl came over to me. "You10like music," she said.

    "Yes, you play very well. Why did you stop?"I asked.

    Suddenly, her face looked 11."I came here just to have a rest because I12in the College Entrance Examination. I felt very disappointed. And it was your listening every day that13me," she said," and I have to go tomorrow."

    "In fact, it was your playing that gave me a14autumn and helped me believe that I can pass the exam," I answered." I think it was God who gave us the15to know each other and we should be good friends." She smiled and I smiled too, in that beautiful autumn.

    Do you like sports? All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports can help people to keep healthy, happy and to live1. What sports do you like? People often2different games in winter and summer. Summer is good3swimming. And in winter people often go skating. Some sports are very popular around the world4basketball, football and running. Do you often run? Are you good at it? Here is a funny story about running!

    Peter and Mike are in the5class. Peter was born in a poor family. But Mike's father is a shopkeeper and is6. When Peter gets into trouble, Mike always7him. Peter likes to have sports. And he is good at running. 8can catch up with him in his school and he often wins the 400-meter race.

    It was Sunday. Mike and Peter went to a forest to have a picnic, Mike took a lot of9there. They ate and drank and then began to go fishing in the river. The two boys enjoyed themselves there. Suddenly they10a great noise. They looked around and found it was11behind a big tree. They were both very12. Peter put on his shoes13and was going to run away. Mike14him and said, "It's no use for us. The tiger runs15than us. Let's find a way." "It doesn't matter," said Peter, "I'm sure I'll run faster than you!"

    Don't you think you should learn to run fast?

The Tradition

    Luis's whole family meet every June to celebrate Grandpa's birthday. Before everyone sits down to eat, each person has to tell a personal story they have about1. Some family members tell the same story year after year. Luis, for example, had his usual story about the time Grandpa taught him how to take care of a vegetable garden.

    The stories are a tradition. And now that most of the grandchildren are old enough to 2, the tradition could go on for quite a while. Last year, it took three hours. Luis tried hard not to yawn (打哈欠) as he listened to all the same old stories.

    This year, Uncle Frank and Aunt Teresa have dinner ready early and call everyone to eat.

    "What about the 3? Luis asks.

    "There's just not enough time this year, with so many people," Uncle Frank says.

    After hearing this, Luis feels relieved (如释重负). But he also feels a little4as he sits down at the long dining table. Without the tradition, Grandpa's birthday feels like any other holiday the family share.

    Luis looks at the plate of vegetable salad. "You know, I wouldn't know how to pick a tomato right if it wasn't for Grandpa," he says softly.

    "I wouldn't know how to drive a car," says Aunt Teresa.

    "I wouldn't know how to turn a paperclip into a safety pin," adds Uncle Felix. "That sure saved the day at Edna's wedding (婚礼)!" Everyone laughs and smiles at each other at the reminder of that well—known family story.

    It was a 5birthday. Conversations run like water, and the food is wonderful. But something tells Luis that next year, the tradition of telling stories will6.